relish
verb [T] /ˈrel.ɪʃ/ formalDefinition
C2 to like or enjoy something: I always relish a challenge. [+ -ing verb] I don't relish telling her that her son has been arrested.Taking pleasure in something › If you relish the idea or thought of something, you feel pleasure that it is going to happen: She's relishing the prospect of studying in Bologna for six months.Taking pleasure in something
(Definition of relish verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bask in sth phrasal verb
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- be/go into ecstasies about/over sth idiom
- feast your eyes on sth/sb idiom
- gad about/around (somewhere) phrasal verb
- get off on sth phrasal verb
- get over sth/sb phrasal verb
- glory in sth phrasal verb
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- live it up idiom
- luxuriate in sth phrasal verb
- masochism noun
- perk (sb) up phrasal verb
- revel verb
- run to sth phrasal verb (ACTIVITY)
- slaver verb
Topic:
Taking pleasure in something
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